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  • Unless you are of a certain generation, the name Miriam Makeba will mean little or nothing to you.

    Makeba, the Great (1932-2008) 2008

  • “Stokely, baby!” came cries from the onlookers as Stokely Carmichael arrived with six bodyguards and his fiancée, South African singer Miriam Makeba.

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • The feisty township singer Miriam Makeba was already a star in her native South Africa when she played a brief cameo in a controversial US anti-apartheid film called Come Back, Africa.

    Miriam Makeba stars in Come Back Africa 2011

  • “Stokely, baby!” came cries from the onlookers as Stokely Carmichael arrived with six bodyguards and his fiancée, South African singer Miriam Makeba.

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • With a backing band including piano star Geri Allen and drummer Teri Lyne Carrington, they honour the great women of jazz, R&B, gospel and blues with music by Miriam Makeba, Abbey Lincoln, Odetta, Billie Holiday and Lauryn Hill, among others.

    This week's new live music 2011

  • With a backing band including piano star Geri Allen and drummer Teri Lyne Carrington, they honour the great women of jazz, R&B, gospel and blues with music by Miriam Makeba, Abbey Lincoln, Odetta, Billie Holiday and Lauryn Hill, among others.

    This week's new live music 2011

  • The music section alone is packed with promising subjects: Genesis P Orridge and his sex-change "pandrogyne" project, A Tribe Called Quest, Miriam Makeba and Hole drummer Patty Schemel.

    This week's new film events 2011

  • Stokely Carmichael and Miriam Makeba make their way through the crowd on Auburn Avenue.

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • African-born Kidjo represents a close link to Miriam Makeba, whose work will also be cherished on trumpeter Hugh Masekela's Hackney Empire gigs for Blaze 10-11 Jul.

    This week's new live music 2011

  • African-born Kidjo represents a close link to Miriam Makeba, whose work will also be cherished on trumpeter Hugh Masekela's Hackney Empire gigs for Blaze 10-11 Jul.

    This week's new live music 2011

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